Quotes on Social Media

The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a process, not an event.

You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.

You think that social media is about hooking up online? For these kids [in the Tunisian Revolution], it was a military tool to defend unarmed people from murderers.

You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long.

Good salespeople sell value and social media is the best place to find this value because of its transparency.

Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.

Just be nice, take genuine interest in the people you meet, and keep in touch with people you like. This will create a group of people who are invested in helping you because they know you and appreciate you.

Advertising is the price you pay for unremakable thinking.

If different cultures connect with each other, they are less likely to want to shoot each other.

Distracted from distraction by distraction

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.